Associations to the word «Oedipus»

Wiktionary

OEDIPUS, proper noun. (Greek mythology) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
ŒDIPUS, proper noun. Obsolete spelling of Oedipus
OEDIPUS COMPLEX, noun. (psychoanalysis) In Freudian theory, the complex of emotions aroused in a child by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex.
OEDIPUS COMPLEXES, noun. Plural of Oedipus complex

Dictionary definition

OEDIPUS, noun. (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles.

Wise words

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